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Employment in services — Madagascar

Employment in services in Madagascar in 2025 — 20.9%. Ranked 177 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 8.4 pp.

2025 20.9% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 177of 182
Period maximum 23.4%2012
Period minimum 12.3%1994

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Madagascar, 1991–20251015202519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 12.5%1992: 12.5%1993: 12.5%1994: 12.3%1995: 12.4%1996: 12.5%1997: 12.6%1998: 12.7%1999: 12.9%2000: 13.1%2001: 13.4%2002: 12.4%2003: 13.2%2004: 13.9%2005: 14.6%2006: 16%2007: 17.6%2008: 19.3%2009: 19.6%2010: 20.7%2011: 22%2012: 23.4%2013: 20.6%2014: 18.2%2015: 16.1%2016: 16.9%2017: 17.8%2018: 18.5%2019: 19.5%2020: 19%2021: 19.3%2022: 20.1%2023: 20.3%2024: 20.6%2025: 20.9%
Change over the period: +8.4 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Madagascar

Madagascar 20.9%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 20.9 +0.3 pp
2024 20.6 +0.3 pp
2023 20.3 +0.2 pp
2022 20.1 +0.7 pp
2021 19.3 +0.4 pp
2020 19 −0.5 pp
2019 19.5 +1 pp
2018 18.5 +0.7 pp
2017 17.8 +0.8 pp
2016 16.9 +0.8 pp
2015 16.1 −2.1 pp
2014 18.2 −2.4 pp
2013 20.6 −2.9 pp
2012 23.4 +1.5 pp
2011 22 +1.3 pp
2010 20.7 +1.1 pp
2009 19.6 +0.3 pp
2008 19.3 +1.7 pp
2007 17.6 +1.6 pp
2006 16 +1.4 pp
2005 14.6 +0.7 pp
2004 13.9 +0.7 pp
2003 13.2 +0.8 pp
2002 12.4 −1 pp
2001 13.4 +0.3 pp
2000 13.1 +0.2 pp
1999 12.9 +0.2 pp
1998 12.7 +0.1 pp
1997 12.6 +0.1 pp
1996 12.5 +0 pp
1995 12.4 +0.1 pp
1994 12.3 −0.2 pp
1993 12.5 −0 pp
1992 12.5 −0 pp
1991 12.5 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DJ Djibouti 92.2 MU Mauritius 74.7 SO Somalia 52.2 KM Comoros 51.6 RW Rwanda 46.5 KE Kenya 41.7 ZM Zambia 35.2 ZW Zimbabwe 34.2 ET Ethiopia 33.4 ER Eritrea 31.8 UG Uganda 27.9 MW Malawi 27.7 TZ Tanzania 27.3 MG Madagascar 20.9 MZ Mozambique 20.6 BI Burundi 11.6
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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The share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Madagascar by year Labor Unemployment rate

The share of the labor force that is looking for work and available to start.

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